what triggers my dissociation... before I was integrated I had many triggers. you see each of my alters had their own way of being, their own jobs, purpose reasons for being. that meant everything that they were, held, felt, did was what triggered me...

example rainy was my alter for sadness, crying, so any time i had sadness in my life felt sad, felt like crying, those things triggered my dissociating (feeling numb spaced out, switching into rainy)

Another example...Thelma was my sexualized alter...anything to do with intimacy would trigger me into dissociating (feeling numb spaced out , disconnected, switching into thelma)

Another example...Red was my anger filled alter.. anytime I felt angry or a situation was anger charged I would feel numb, spaced out, disconnected and switch into my angry alter red.

now that I am integrated everything that was my alters is now me. that means that everything that triggered me into dissociating before my alters were integrated still has the potential to cause me to dissociate now, though not to the extreme of alters since we are all one and the same now. but with what I have learned about grounding, breathing and other coping tools I can recognize and reground when something triggers me\my dissociative symptoms.